Talking points: Ballygunner have recipe for success, Leinster wide open
TOP TABLE: Stephen O'Keeffe of Ballygunner is hugged by Nicky Kennedy after lifting the cup in Waterford. Pic: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile
Three weeks after Ballygunner won the 2021 Waterford title, they played Sarsfields from Cork in a challenge game. With Ballygunner not playing the Clare champions in the Munster quarter-final for another five weeks, they’d taken two weeks off the county final before pitching up against Sars. And the Cork side ran through them.



